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United Arab Emirates

LYON, France – Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and Public Security in Dubai, has met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble to enhance collaborative efforts between Dubai and INTERPOL against emerging transnational crime threats.During his visit to the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters, Lieuten...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Trends such as the rise in international travel have led to an increase in identity theft, and law enforcement must collaborate with the private sector to protect citizens, the Head of INTERPOL told an international forum on identity security.
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Speaking at the seventh Annual ID WORLD Summit (24 and 25 February), IN...

LYON, France – Enhancing fugitive investigations and developing best practice was the focus of a workshop at the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters for officers from North Africa and the Middle East.The five-day (13 – 17 January) meeting brought together 24 officials dealing with international search requests and fugitives in order to better develo...

DUBAI, UAE – The announcement that the 2020 World Expo will be held in Dubai, which recently hosted the first INTERPOL Intellectual Property Crimes Workshop in the Middle East, has been welcomed by the world police body.INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble congratulated the United Arab Emirates on becoming the first Middle Eastern country to stage t...

DUBAI, UAE&nbsp; – Senior law enforcement officials from the United Arab Emirates have gathered in Dubai for the first INTERPOL Intellectual Property Crimes Workshop in the Middle East to identify how authorities across the region can work more closely via INTERPOL to combat transnational organized illicit trade.Co-organized with the Emirates Intellectual...

LYON, France – The suspected mastermind behind a global car smuggling ring, estimated to have trafficked luxury and sports vehicles worth around EUR 6 million since 2009, has been arrested following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation.The Russian national was taken into custody in Venice, Italy following INTERPOL’s Operation Eastbound which coordinated the...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The Abu Dhabi&nbsp;police buildings have been assessed as meeting the highest international security standards, according to an INTERPOL audit report which INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble handed over to the UAE’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at a meeting on Monday.A...

DUBAI - Police officers from 27 countries working on cases related to the “Pink Panthers” groups of jewel thieves came together in Dubai this week to share ongoing investigations and successful arrests.The 5th Working Group on the Pink Panthers takes place from 14-16 February and brings together more than 65 investigators working on cases linked to the Pi...

LYON, France – Four people suspected of stealing diamonds worth nearly 1.5 million dollars in India have been arrested in Dubai within 24-hours of an INTERPOL alert being issued at the request of police authorities in India.Mumbai Police alerted INTERPOL&nbsp;immediately after the disappearance of the gems on Monday, and provided the world police body’s C...

LYON, France – INTERPOL is to join a Dubai-based international task force investigating the murder of Palestinian national and Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on 19 January 2010. At the request of UAE/Dubai authorities, the world police body has also issued a further 16 Red Notices to assist in the arrest of additional suspects now linked to the murder...